Workshop Report: Impact of Emerging Technology

The impact of solid-state technology, as it emerges in the form of large-scale integration of computer functions, is dramatic. The effects are felt at all levels–by users, systems designers, and the technology houses; the ground rules of design and the economic tradeoffs have been changed, and the structure of the business is being affected. This impact and the emerging technology itself were the subject of a workshop conducted by the Computer Society's Computer Elements Committee last June in Vail, Colorado.